Re: RAID Config for New Exchange 2003 Box

Thanks Dave I greatly appreciate it. I will highly consider your layout and
propose it to my Network Engineer. Thanks again for your advice.

Dave Leonardi

"David Strome" <nospam@nospam> wrote in message
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> hi Dave.
>
> I wouldn't recommend RAID 0+1 for your implementation. A simple RAID5
> setup will do just fine. The performance increase in using RAID 0+1 will
> be negligible. The fault tolerance is not an improvement over RAID5. It's
> far more expensive to implement.
>
> I implement Exchange servers in environments similar to yours as:
>
> mirror OS (controller 0)
> seperate mirror Logs (controller 0)
> RAID5 stores (controller 1) minimum four drives, preferably 5 or 6 just to
> spread the operations across more spindles.
> either a global hot spare and/or a good support contract (I use Gold
> support 4x7x24 with Dell)
>
> That's my ideal config anyways. If money is short, combine the OS and
> logs, but still keep the stores on their own RAID5. A PE4600 with a split
> backplane and drive cage will allow that config. You might have to go to a
> PE2600 with a PV220 to do the config above.
>
>
>
>
> "Dave Leonardi" <Cyberaccount72@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Good Afternoon,
>>
>> I had a question regarding what type of Raid Configuration is most
>> likely the best to use with an exchange 2003 Server.
>> I was told a Raid 0+1 is the most practical, but I am unaware how to
>> layout the disk design. I was wondering if someone can assist with a
>> solution and how would I set up the array. I know I'm going to use
>> smaller, faster 15K SCSI drives possibly 36Gb. I want to setup the disk
>> storage to the best configuration for performance.Thank you.
>>
>> Brand New DELL PE Server Specs:
>>
>> Exchange Server 2003
>> Win3K Server Enterprise Box
>> 4GB Ram
>> Unknown Hard Drives, Possibly Six 36GB Drives
>>
>>
>> OS will be mirrored
>> Transaction logs will be on their own disks
>> Information store will be on their own disks
>>
>> Information Store is currently about 2-3 GB with minimal growth in future
>> 200-250 End Users
>>
>>
>
>


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